Motion text output low quality

Hi,
I created this title with Motion. However, the text in the final output(NTSC DV) looks very fuzzy(see image below). When I play it in Motion timeline, everything looks sharp and smooth. What's going on?
Thanks!
Shaun
see image here:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7885/fuzzytext9ld.jpg

Quicktime displays DV compressed clips at a low resolution.
you can open the clips in quicktime, go to the Movie Properties window (command-J). select the video track, then the visual settings tab. check off the "high quality" box.
see if that changes the appearance.
yes, DV clips are compressed, but if your project is using the DV codec, and you're not going to be doing further compositing to the clips in your NLE (Non-Linear Editor, probably Final Cut Pro), then there's little reason to use Animation (Lossless) or Uncompressed.
Preview the clips on an external NTSC (or PAL, if that's your flavor) monitor and then determine is they are still blurry.
-bt

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